Fish-bait bucket.



C. F. LONG.

FISH BAIT BUCKET.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 7, 1914.

Patented Dec. 14, 1915.

CLARENCE F. LONG, OF MASON CITY, IOWA.

FISH-BAIT BUCKET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 14, 1915.

Application filed October 7, 1914. Serial No. 865,437.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CLARENCE F. Loxo, a c tizen of the United States,residing at Mason City, in the county of Cerro Gordo and State of Iowa,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fish-Bait Buckets,of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to bait buckets of the type commonly employed forthe transportation of the live bait. such as minnows, or the like,though it is of utility in any relation where a ventilated, water tightand covered receptacle is desired.

The object of the invention is to provide an article of the characterset forth in which the cover is so constructed that it may be veryreadily moved to either open or closed position and in wh ch the covermay be locked in either the open or closed position by the same lockingelement.

Further objects and advantages of the invention will be set forth in thedetailed description which now follows:

In the accompanying drawing: Figure 1 is a perspective view of a baitbucket constructed in accordance with the invention; Fig. 2 is a planview thereof; and Fig. 3 is a detail side view of one of the ears withthe bail removed.

Like numerals designate corresponding parts in all of the figures of thedrawing.

Referring to the drawing, 5 designates the body of the bait bucket,which has ears 6 upon the opposite sides thereof with which a. bail 7 isengaged in the usual and well known manner.

The invention resides particularly in the cover of the bait bucket andin the means for securing the same. This cover comprises a fixed,perforate member 8 and a rotatable member 9. The fixed member 8comprises a ring-like portion 10 which is bent over the upper edge ofthe body 5 at 11. One half of the circle defined by the ring likeportion 10 is spanned by a perforate web 12 and the edge of this web isstiffened by a bar 13 which underlies the same. A second, semi-circularweb 14 is carried by a ring-like member 15 and carries a stiffening bar16 along its edge. A pivot 16 11 of the member 10 and the end of thestiffening bar 16 is extended beyond said flange and then bentdownwardly at 18 and bifurcated at 19 in such manner that it may besprung over one of the ears 6 when the cover is in its closed positionand, if desired, over the other ear (3 when the cover is in its openposition, whereby this single locking element 18 is rendered operable ateither of the limits of movement of the rotatable portion of the cover.

It is to be noted that the structure herein shown and described, whileetiiciently serving the purposes sought is so designed that it may bemanufactured at a very small cost and comprises no complicated partslikely to be put out of action by rust or hard usage. It is to beunderstood that the invention is not limited to the precise constructionset forth but includes within its purview such changes as may be madewithin the scope of the appended claim.

Having described my invention what I claim is:

A bait bucket comprising a body, ears and bail and a cover thereforcomprising a fixed, perforate web covering substantially one-half of thebucket, a movable perforate web, arranged to cover the other half of thebucket. a stiffening bar extending along the edge of the last named weband pivoted to the first named web so that the movable web rotateshorizontally with relation to the fixed web, the terminal end of saidstiffening bar being extended beyond the web by which it is carried anddownturned and bifurcated to adapt it for engagement with said ears.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CLARENCE F. LONG.

Witnesses:

GRACE MINER,

C. D. DUDLEY.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each. by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, I). G."

